Harman Kardon DVD 27 Service Manual Download

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PLAYBACK BASICS 23

Loading Discs

To load discs in the DVD 27, first turn the DVD 27
on by pressing in the

Power On/Off Switch

Power On Button

. Note that the

Power

Indicator

will turn amber when the unit is con-

nected to an AC power source. It will turn blue when
the

Power On Button

is pressed.

Next, press the

Open/Close Button

until the

disc tray opens.

Hold the disc by the edge, and gently place it into the
disc drawer, making certain that the disc is properly
seated in the tray’s insert. If the disc is not correctly
centered, you may damage both the disc and the
player when the drawer closes. When loading discs,
please note the following:

• The DVD 27 will play discs with the following logos

as well as most DVD-RW or DVD+RW discs and
most WMA and JPEG discs, including Kodak Picture
CDs, but not Kodak Photo CDs. DO NOT attempt to
play another type of disc.

• The DVD 27 will only display video in the NTSC for-

mat. Although the PAL format is generally used in
Europe and other regions of the world outside North
America, some music or other DVDs are available in
PAL format with a Region Code of “0,” which means
they may be played on any DVD player around the
world. The DVD 27 will automatically detect if such a
disc is in the PAL format, and make the necessary
conversions so that the video may be displayed on
an NTSC television. Note that PAL discs bearing a
Region Code other than “0” or “1” may not be
played on the DVD 27.

• Playback capability for CD-RW, DVD-RW, DVD-R,

DVD+RW or DVD+R discs will vary according to the
quality of the disc. On some occasions it is possible
that these discs may not play on the DVD 27. This
does not indicate any problem with the DVD 27.

• The DVD 27 will only play discs that are coded for

Region 1 or discs that are open to being played
in all regions (Region Code “0”). Discs that contain
a Region Code of 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 (as noted by a
number inside a world map logo on the disc’s
cover jacket or case) will not play.

• Both 5-inch (12cm) and 3-inch (8cm) discs

may be used.

• When loading CD audio discs, load the discs

with the label side up.

• When loading DVD discs with printed labels,

load them label side up.

• Some DVD discs are double-sided. The title infor-

mation for these will be printed on the inner ring of
the disc, very close to the center hole. The title for
the side you wish to play should be facing up.

After a disc is properly loaded, press the

Open/Close

Button

to close the disc drawer. After the

drawer closes, you will see a brief indication of

LOADING

in both the

Main Information

Display

and in the on-screen display to alert you

to the fact that the unit is determining the type of disc
(DVD, CD, VCD, JPEG, WMA or MP3) and is reading the
data for track, chapter, title and other information about
the disc.

Once the disc’s data has been read, the type of disc
will be displayed by the

Disc-Type Indicator

and

its type will be identified in the upper right corner of
the screen. If the disc is a DVD, CD or VCD2.0 disc, it
will automatically begin playing. The disc’s track timing
information and other relevant data will appear in the

Main Information Display

Any time a control button is pressed, an icon will
appear in the upper right corner of the screen to
indicate the player’s action. These icons include the
standard transport modes (play, stop, pause, forward
and reverse fast and slow search, track skip), the
open/close disc drawer symbol, the repeat and ran-
dom modes, and the prohibit icon (Ø) if the command
action is not available at that time or for that disc. As
explained in more detail in other sections of this
manual, pressing the

Status Button

displays

the Status Banner for DVDs, and pressing the

Info

Button

displays the Player Information menu.

• When a DVD is detected, playback will automatically

begin and the screen will show the program or the
disc’s menu, depending on how the disc has been
created.

• If a CD is detected, playback will begin automatically.

• If the disc contains MP3, WMA or JPEG files, or

if it is a VCD without playback control, the Player
Information display will appear (see Figure 10). To
play one of these files, you may need to use the

⁄¤

‹›

Navigation Buttons

to select a

folder and press the

Enter Button

to open it.

Use the

⁄¤

Navigation Buttons

to select

a file for playback, and press the

Enter Button

to begin play.

• VCD2.0 discs will begin play automatically, similar to

a conventional audio CD.

Figure 10

If a disc is already in the drawer when the unit is
turned on, it will begin playing. If the disc was stopped
using the Resume function, playback will begin from
the point where it was stopped. If the disc was
stopped by pressing the

Stop Button

twice,

the disc will begin playing from its beginning.

Playback Features for DVD and CD Discs:

• To momentarily pause playback and freeze the

current picture frame on a DVD, press the

Pause

Button

. To resume playback after pressing

the Pause button, press the

Play Button

• To move forward or backward through the tracks

on a CD or the chapters on a DVD, press the

Skip

Forward/Reverse Buttons

on the front

panel or the

Previous/Next Buttons

on the remote.

• To move forward or backward through the DVD

or CD disc being played at fast speed, press the

Search Forward/Reverse Buttons

or press and hold the front-panel

Skip/Search

Buttons

briefly until fast play begins, and

then release them. Once one of these buttons is
pressed, the fast search will continue until the

Play Button

is pressed. Each press of the

Search Forward/Reverse Buttons

will cycle to the next speed in the following

order: 2x, 4x, 8x, 20x, 100x.

NOTE:

Fast search is available when MP3 discs are

playing, but not for WMA files.

• When a DVD is playing, you may move forward or

backward through the disc in slow motion by first
pressing the

Pause Button

and then

pressing the

Search/Slow Forward

Search/

Slow Reverse Buttons

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. Each

press of the buttons will cycle the player through
one of the four forward slow-play speeds: 1/2x,
1/4x, 1/8x or 1/16x or one of the two reverse
slow-play speeds: 1/2x or 1/4x. Press the

Play

Button

to resume normal playback.

Note that there is no audio playback during fast or
slow-forward or -reverse play of DVD discs. This is
normal for DVD, as A/V receivers and surround
processors cannot process the digital audio streams